Non-Aboriginal Woman and Man with Fish
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of a non-Aboriginal woman and man in Victorian style dress posing beside a large catch of Northern Pike, location unknown. The woman is probably Blanche Mann who lived and worked with her father, Indian agent George Mann (see historical note).
North American Indian, Métis and Inuit Women Speak about Culture, Education and Work
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carolyn Kenny
Description
Study researchers conducted interviews with 140 Aboriginal women in eight sites, both urban and rural, across Canada in order to formulate policy recommendations that would support full cultural lives while pursuing contemporary work or education.
North American Indigenous Women and Cultural Domination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beatrice Medicine
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 121-130
Description
While others celebrate the 'discovery' of the New World, the 1.5 million Aboriginal peoples in the United States will celebrate their survival against centuries of genocide, legal restrictions on religion and language and other oppressive measures.
Northern Tsimshian Elderberry Use in the Late Pre-Contact to Post-Contact Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Martindale
Irena Jurakic
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 254-280
Description
Argues data collected from the late 18th through early 20th century shows correlation between spatial and social organization of households and presents evidence of changes in subsistence economics.
Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Hypatia, vol. 18, no. 2, Indigenous Women in the Americas, Spring, 2003, pp. 70-85
Description
Looks at the connection between sexual violence and colonialism and the effects on contemporary U.S. policies regarding Native Americans.
Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew J. Siggner
Carole Lévesque
Eric Guimond
Mary Jane Norris
Paul S. Martin ... Terry Wotherspoon
Evelyn J. Peters ... [et al.]
Description
Collection of papers from the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference addressing some issues and needs faced by communities in urban areas.
Notes on Becoming a Comrade: Indigenous Women, Leadership, and Movement(s) for Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaskiran Dhillon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 41-54
Description
Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.
Notes on Culture Change and Personality Adjustment Among the North Alaska Eskimos
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norman A. Chance
Arctic, vol. 16, no. 4, December 1963, pp. 264-270
Description
Study of intercultural contact and identification resulting from the building of a radar station in the community of Kaktovik on Barter Island.
Nothing to Report: A Report on Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations made by the Committee in its 2008 Concluding Observations on Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Notice of Relevance to Support the Socioprofessional Integration of First Nation and Inuit Criminalized Women of Quebec
Alternate Title
Notice of Relevance to Support the Socio-professional Integration of First Nation and Inuit Criminalized Women of Quebec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Réal Martin
Description
Discusses the general situation of First Nations and Inuit in Quebec, historical context, profile of incarcerated women, trends in federal institutions, and experience of Aboriginal women while incarcerated, Concludes with proposals from Correctional Services of Quebec and specific recommendations to the Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale.
Notokwe Opikiheet - "Old-Lady Raised": Aboriginal Women's Reflections on Ethics and Methodologies in Health Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 6-12
Description
Drawing on interviews with seven grandmothers, author argues that Aboriginal women have played a vital role in managing health and wellness in their communities.
"Now ... Didn't Our People Laugh?" Female Misbehavior and Algonquian Culture in Mary Rowlandson's Captivity and Restauration
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Arnold
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 1-28
Description
Argues that a closer look at humour, in the work of Rowlandson, provides readers with a greater understanding of the Algonquian side of early cross-cultural relations and reveals the ways in which cultural discomfort and disharmony are not rare, but rather integral concepts for early American identity.
Now That the Door Is Open: First Nations and the Law School Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia A. Monture
Queen's Law Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 179-215
Description
Discusses her experience as an Aboriginal woman in the law school environment, as well as the need to reform curricula to incorporate the First Nations perspective.
Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington) Interviewed by Christine Watson
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Watson
Doris Pilkington
Hecate, vol. 28, no. 1, 2002, pp. 23-38
Description
Discusses Doris Pilkington's re-creation of cultural memory in her two books, Caprice, A Stockman's Daughter and Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Nunavut Justice Issues: An Annotated Bibliography
Alternate Title
Research Report (Department of Justice Canada) ; 2000-7e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Giff
Description
Report provides collection of articles addressing social issues, crime, and justice issues in the North and the nature and results of community-based justice projects in Canada.
"Unrevised".
[Nunavut Population Estimates by Sex, Region and Community, 2001to 2018 (3 tables)]
Alternate Title
Nunavut Female Population Estimates by Region and Community, 2001 to 2017, as of July 1
Nunavut Male Population Estimates by Region and Community, 2001 to 2017, as of July 1
Nunavut Population Estimates by Region and Community, 2001 to 2017, as of July 1
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Special Tabulations.
Nuu-chah-nulth Struggles against Sexual Violence
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Glen Coulthard
Ruth Ogilvie
Cliff Atleo
New Socialist, no. 58, Special Issue on Indigenous Resurgence, September-October 2006, pp. 29-31
Description
Interview with organizers regarding the Stop the Violence March.
Scroll down to page 29 to read article.
NWAC Honours Achievements
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Harvey
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 9, December 2007, p. 11
Description
The Native Women's Association of Canada, at the 2007 Annual General Meeting, honoured four people whose efforts supported the rights of First Nations women.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
NWAC Position Paper: The Social Union Framework Agreement
Alternate Title
Native Women's Association of Canada Position Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Brief overview and recommendations for changes to the Social Union Framework Agreement (SUFA) in relation to Aboriginal women and children.
NWAC President Honoured
Alternate Title
Native Women's Association of Canada
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 10, October 2009, p. 11
Description
Looks at a winner of the Governor General's Award in Commeration of the Person Case, Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada.
Article located by scrolling to page 11.
NWAC Report Card: January 2017-April 2017 (Second)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Report card presents an update and assessment of the progress made by the National Inquiry Commission to the families of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and to the public.
Report card follows letter to the families, communities, stakeholders and commissioners.
NWAC Report Card: September 2016-December 2016
Alternate Title
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: NWAC Report Card
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Update and assessment of the progress made by the National Inquiry Commission to the families of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and to the public.
NWAC Report on the Five-Year Review of the Impacts of the Repeal of Section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act
Alternate Title
Native Women's Association of Canada's Report on the Five-Year Review of Impacts ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Reports on section which protected federal and First Nations governments from complaints of discrimination relating to actions arising from the Indian Act.
Obesity and Obesity-Associated Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Indigenous Nenets Women from the Rural Nenets Autonomous Area and Russian Women from Arkhangelsk City
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia Petrenya
Magritt Brustad
Liliya Dobrodeeva
Fatima Bichkaeva
Gulnara Lutfalieva .... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 23859
Description
Study finds no difference in prevalence of obesity between Indigenous Nenets and urban Russian females.
Obituaries as Markers of Memory: Grievability and Visibility in Representations of Aboriginal Women in the National Canadian Imaginary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yasmin Jiwani
Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, vol. 16, no. 4, 2016, pp. 378-399
Description
Analyzes obituaries published in the The Globe and Mail from 1900 to 2011 as a reflection of how Aboriginal women were viewed in the public sphere.
"Object Lessons": Domesticity and Display in Native American Assimilation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane E. Simonsen
American Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 75-99
Description
Looks at the promotion of home-building programs on reservations, from the white imagination to the realities of tribal life, by examining instances of attempted domestic reform.
Obscured Obstetrics: Indigenous Midwives in Western Canada
Alternate Title
Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kristin Burnett
Description
Gives accounts of Indigenous midwives aiding the births of European-Canadian women who were distanced from familial support.
Chapter 6 from Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands edited by Sarah Carter and Patricia McCormack.
Ocean Man Makes History
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, p. 18
Description
Ocean Man First Nation elects an all-female Council and Chief for the first time in this country. The first election for Chief resulted in a tie, and in the runoff one month later Chief Laura Big Eagle was elected on February 14, 1997.
Of Baggage and Bondage: Gender and Status among Hidatsa and Crow Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martha Harroun Foster
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 121-152
Description
Uses a widely accepted model of Great Plains women’s roles and status to appraise and explore the problems inherent in past evaluations.
[Ohero:kon: Rites of Passage]
Alternate Title
[Ohero:kon: Orientations in the Values of Traditional Ritual Cycles of Life]
[Patterns of Heath and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 03]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Louise McDonald
Description
Webcast presentation from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium on community-based programs to promote wellbeing.
Duration: 31:14.